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100

French king who said "I am the state."

Louis XIV

100

Who was Cyrus the Great?

King of Persia who allowed the Jews to return to their homeland.

100

Belief in only one God

monotheism

100

German government created after WWI

Weimar Republic

100

Transatlantic system connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Triangular Trade

200

Gave the world the alphabet through sea-trade.

Phoenecians

200

Three facts: legacy of Alexander the Great

  • Undefeated in battle
  • Greatest commander in history?
  • Controlled largest empire in history by age 30
  • Spread Greek culture through the known world
200

Christians who were forced to serve in the Ottoman military

Janissaries

200

The archaeological principle that material from upper layers must be more recent than that from lower layers:

Stratigraphy

200

Purpose of the Suez Canal

Ships could sail from Europe to Asia without having to sail around Africa. 

Especially important to Britain, which desperately wanted a quicker route to their colonies in East and South Asia.

300

The group of Protestant Calvinists persecuted in France during the 1500s.

Huguenots

300

Explain why the Ottoman Empire came to be known as the “sick man of Europe.”

  • Territorial losses
  • Political instability
  • Economic struggles – refused to industrialize; behind Europe
300

began when Ferdinand II of Bohemia took away religious liberty from his people.

The Thirty Years’ War

300

The Manchurian Incident involved these two Asian nations.

Japan & China

300

Evolutionary anthropologists suggest that humans began as hunter-gatherers and later evolved to become farmers. Did hunter-gatherers precede farmers? Explain.

  • Genesis 2 says that Adam (the first man) was a farmer from the beginning. It was only later that he hunted (after the fall).
  • Evidence of ancient crops -- found Turkey, Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
  • Archaeology - Storage facilities, mortars and pestles for grinding, and evidence of a variety of cultivated grains—both wild and domesticated—are found at numerous excavations
400

Explain how Louis XIV fulfilled "One king, one law, one faith."

One king - absolutism; dismissed the Estates-General

One law - bureaucracy; all power was vested in the king

One faith - enforced Catholicism; criminalized Protestantism

400

Define a complex society using at least three distinct features.

  • a large urban center
  • specialized labor
  • social stratification
  • belief that rulers & deities are entitled to the surpluses society produces
400

Why Muslims make hajj to Mecca (3 reasons)

they seek to have sins forgiven; it is one of the Five Pillars of Islam; Muhammad made hajj to Mecca

400

Russia was defeated in this war after invading the Ottomans.

Crimean War

400

Discuss how the Black Death contributed to social, economic, and political change during the Middle Ages.

  • Social – 1/3-1/2 of Europe died; social classes became blurred– more equality; many moved from rural to urban areas
  • Economic – poor suddenly had many economic opportunities; feudalism declined; free market grew
  • Political – greater monarchical power (lords died, kings centralized their authority); rising power of peasants over the land
500

Define the term “collectivism” in Stalinist Russia.

Five-year plan - forced collectivization; organized all land and labor into large-scale collective farms

500

Give 10 facts about the wars Rome fought between 264 and 146 BC. 

Punic Wars – Rome v. Carthage (North Africa)

First Punic War (264-241 BC) – Rome was better fighting on land, Carthage was better at sea. Rome had to compete. They built ‘crows’ to help them board Carthaginian ships. Rome won and gained Sardinia & Corsica.

Second Punic War (218-201 BC) – Hannibal came across the Alps w/ elephants to fight Rome. Carthage was winning until Roman General Scipio went to Carthage to fight them while Hannibal was away. He defeated Hannibal and wiped-out Carthage.

Third Punic War (149-146 BC) – not a war; Rome sowed Carthage’s fields w/ salt

500

The remission (time off) of a period of correction in purgatory, given in the form of a certificate

temporary state of punishment and purification for the dead before they are admitted into heaven

Luther's declaration at Worms

indulgence

purgatory

“My conscience is captive to the Word of God. Acting against one's conscience is neither safe nor sound.”

“I cannot and will not recant. God help me.”

500

Define and explain the concept of “Lebensraum” as it related to Hitler’s Germany in 1938. List two ways that Adolf Hitler began to fulfill this concept in Europe.

“Living space”

Hitler wanted greater tracts of farmland (and slave labor) to sustain his growing master race

He invaded Eastern Europe militarily

500

Discuss the events in the Belgian Congo after 1885. Who? What? How? Why? and For how long? 

  • King Leopold
  • Took over the Congo for rubber.
  • Forced the Congolese people to harvest rubber -- Exploited, abused, and killed them. (amputated limbs, etc.)
  • 1885-1908